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Original title

Sostiene Pereira

Year

1996

Running time

104 min.

Country

Italy

Director

Roberto Faenza

Screenwriter

Roberto Faenza, Sergio Vecchio, Antonio Tabucchi. Novel: Antonio Tabucchi

Cast

Music

Ennio Morricone

Cinematography

Blasco Giurato

Producer

Co-production Italy-France-Portugal;

Jean Vigo International, K.G. Productions, Mikado Film

Genre

Drama | 1930s. Journalism

Synopsis

Portugal 1938. Pereira is the editor of the culture section of the Lisboa, an unaffiliated evening paper. There is civil war in Spain and the fascists are in power in Portugal, but he concerns himself only with his work (writing biographies of famous writers and translating French novels) and ignores what is going on around him. He hires Monteiro Rossi, an idealistic young man in love with a beautiful communist, as an assistant. He reluctantly helps them when they begin to get into trouble due to subversive activities. Eventually events force him to take a stand.

Rankings Position

#92 Best Italian Movies of all time

Awards: 1994: David di Donatello Awards: Best Actor (Marcello Mastroianni). 5 Nominations

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Pereira Declares

1996

Roberto Faenza

7.2

(2,624)